Bench clothes-wringer



y (Model.)

. 2Sheets-Shet 1. E. A. JONES. Benchv Clothes Wrnger.

No.24o,728. Patented April 26,1881.l

VEZ/22725- mM/f N. PETERS.` FHOTOUTHDGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

(Mmm.) 2 sheets-sheen 2.

E'. A. JONES. Bench ClothesV Wringer.

No. 240,728'.` Patented Apri|26,1ss|.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR A. JoNEs, oEsTUEGIs, MICHIGAN.

BENCH CLOTHES-wmNGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,728, dated April 26, 1881.

Application filcdJannary 3, 1881. (Modem.

form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bench clothes-wringers; and it consists in the combination of the wringer, suitable connecting-plates, and a table or frame, the wringer being pivoted to the table, so that it can be folded down thereon.

It further consists in a water-pan which is `placed under the rollers, and which has a spring applied to its pivot for forcing the pan upward, and which pan is provided with suitable means for holding it in any position into which it is adjusted, all of which will be more fully described hereinafter.

Figure l is a side elevation of my invention, showing two tables closed together in solid lines and opened outward in dotted lines, and showing the roller in a vertical position in solid lines, and` folded down upon the ta'ble in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan view ot' the machine, showing the tables opened outward. Fig. 3 is an end view of the machine complete. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the plate which acts as one of the hinges of the standards. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the water-trough in a depressed position, ready to be turned around.

A represents a suitable table or bench, of any desiredconstruction, and which is provided with the diagonal braces B and the two guides C. These two tables have the same height, and are intended to support the wash-tub containing the clothes and a second tub or clothesbasket, into which the clothes are to be placed as rapidly as they are wrung out. Upon the vtop of either one ot' these tables can be placed the board E, which extends along the center of the table, and may be used upon the table A, for the purpose of making its whole surface solid, so as to adapt it for ironing or any other use, or which may beapplied to theextension part D of the bench or table, and thus form a support for a tub or basket to' rest upon. This l `these set-screws until they clamp the plates or couplings tightly against the legs of theframe Athe wringer will be held rigidly in position; i

but. when the wrin ger is no longer desired for use it is only necessary to loosen these screws and turn the wrin ger down upon the top of the table A, as shown in Fig. 1,. While the wringer is turned down so as to be out of the way, and the extension part of the table or bench D is folded up, the entire machine will take up butl very little room.

rBhe two rollers are here held together by means of the cross-bar H, which rests upon the top ot'y the two movable boxes of the upper roller, and upon the top of which bar is placed a fulcrum, -I. Bearing upon this falcrum is a iiat spring or rod, J, which is held in position at its shorter end by means ot' the set-screw K, which passes down through the t-op bar, S, which connects the two standards together. The outer end of this spring or rod has fastened to it a spring connecting-rod, L. The lower end of this spring connecting-rod is fastened to a lever, M, which is pivoted at one end of the table A at N, and which has its other end to pass through the slotted guide O. Passing through this slotted guide into the lever is a set-screw, P, and by means of which the lever can be pressed downward, so as to bring any desired tension upon the spring connectin g-rod and the flat springor rod which presses the two rollers together, and then secured in that position.

The handle Q, which is attached to the operating-roller, is connected to the shaft by means of a spiral spring, It.

Placed under the bottom of the two rollers is a water pan or trough, T, which has flan ges extending either all around its edges or only around three of them. When the pan has a flan ge extending around only three of its edges it Will be provided with apivot, which passes down through the support U, and under the pan is placed a suitable spring for the purpose of holding the pan pressed upward in close contact with the rollers. Each of the ends of the pan is then made rounding, so that thepan can be turned upon its pivot, and thus turn its open edge toward either side of the' l rollers, according as it is desired to have the 1. The combination of the table A, a wringing-machine, and the plate F, secured to the Wringer and the table, and provided with a notch in one end to catch over the set-screw G, whereby the wrin ger can be folded down upon the top of the table without being detached therefrom, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of a Wrin ger witha Waterpan, T, provided with a pivot, U, and a spring for forcing the pan upward, and projections on the top of the pan to hold it in position, substanti-ally as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of December, 1880.

EDGAR A. JONES. Witnesses:

ZEBINA H. WALLACE, H. L. ANTHONY. 

